Türkiye's BIST 100 index opens Friday on positive side

By Mucahithan Avcioglu

ISTANBUL (AA) - Türkiye's benchmark stock index opened the last trading day of the week at 11,077.51 points, up 0.27%, or 29.40 points, from the previous close.

On Thursday, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 dropped 1.05% to close at 11,048.11 points, with a daily transaction volume of 155.1 billion Turkish liras ($3.75 billion).

As of 09.50 am local time (0650GMT), exchange rates stood at 41.3930 liras to the US dollar, 48.7450 to the euro, and 55.9820 to the British pound.

The price of an ounce of gold was $3,646.70, while Brent crude oil was trading at $66.90 per barrel.